Place images and artwork out to the bleed of the document to allow for trim so white lines will not appear at the edges of trimmed pages

Use perceptual rendering intent on all objects when possible

Review your PDF file prior to upload. In Acrobat/Adobe Reader make sure the following are set in preferences:

View -> Page Display menu of the PDF, select Two-Up and Show Cover Page During Two-Up

Preferences > Page Display > de-select Use Local Fonts

Preferences > Page Display > set Use Overprint Preview to Always

Do not

Use spot or registration color as they may not print as expected

Adobe® Photoshop®

Photoshop is an image-editing application and not designed for creating multi-page documents. This makes it difficult to create a multi-page compliant PDF/X-3 file. Combining single PDF/X-3 files can be accomplished with Adobe Acrobat Professional or Extended (not the free Adobe Reader). Contact Customer Support for more info.

Microsoft Word

Microsoft Word has some issues in creating a compliant PDF/X-3 file. Some users have had success by printing to a postscript file and using Adobe Distiller to create a compliant PDF/X-3. Using the QuarkXpress workflow above as a generic guide, may be able to help if Adobe® InDesign® or QuarkXPress® are not an option.

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Cover Type

Softcover not available for this format.

Page Count

Saddle pages need to be multiple of 4.

Papers not available over 440 pages.

Papers not available over 480 pages.

Layflat Paper not available over 110 pages.

Paper Type

Available in off-white, 60-pound text paper only.

Premium and Proline Papers not available over 240 pages.

Magazine Papers not available over 240 pages.

Unit of Measurement

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Exact book size specifications for PDF to Book

The book dimensions listed on our pricing page are rounded numbers (who wants to call a book the 6.875 x 6.625 inch size?). Therefore, when creating your PDF please upload directly from our Adobe® InDesign® Plug-in. If you are using a different creation tool, use our book size specification calculator to determine exact page and cover sizes. Otherwise, although you might be able to upload your PDF, it will fail the post-upload preflight check.

Exact book size specifications for PDF to Book

The book dimensions listed on our pricing page are rounded numbers (who wants to call a book the 6.875 x 6.625 inch size?). Therefore, when creating your PDF please upload directly from our Adobe® InDesign® Plug-in. If you are using a different creation tool, use our book size specification calculator to determine exact page and cover sizes. Otherwise, although you might be able to upload your PDF, it will fail the post-upload preflight check.

Exact book size specifications for PDF to Book

The book dimensions listed on our pricing page are rounded numbers (who wants to call a book the 6.875 x 6.625 inch size?). Therefore, when creating your PDF please upload directly from our Adobe® InDesign® Plug-in. If you are using a different creation tool, use our book size specification calculator to determine exact page and cover sizes. Otherwise, although you might be able to upload your PDF, it will fail the post-upload preflight check.

Exact book size specifications for PDF to Book

The book dimensions listed on our pricing page are rounded numbers (who wants to call a book the 6.875 x 6.625 inch size?). Therefore, when creating your PDF please upload directly from our Adobe® InDesign® Plug-in. If you are using a different creation tool, use our book size specification calculator to determine exact page and cover sizes. Otherwise, although you might be able to upload your PDF, it will fail the post-upload preflight check.

Exact book size specifications for PDF to Book

The book dimensions listed on our pricing page are rounded numbers (who wants to call a book the 6.875 x 6.625 inch size?). Therefore, when creating your PDF please upload directly from our Adobe® InDesign® Plug-in. If you are using a different creation tool, use our book size specification calculator to determine exact page and cover sizes. Otherwise, although you might be able to upload your PDF, it will fail the post-upload preflight check.

Exact book size specifications for PDF to Book

The book dimensions listed on our pricing page are rounded numbers (who wants to call a book the 6.875 x 6.625 inch size?). Therefore, when creating your PDF please upload directly from our Adobe® InDesign® Plug-in. If you are using a different creation tool, use our book size specification calculator to determine exact page and cover sizes. Otherwise, although you might be able to upload your PDF, it will fail the post-upload preflight check.

Exact book size specifications for PDF to Book

The book dimensions listed on our pricing page are rounded numbers (who wants to call a book the 6.875 x 6.625 inch size?). Therefore, when creating your PDF please upload directly from our Adobe® InDesign® Plug-in. If you are using a different creation tool, use our book size specification calculator to determine exact page and cover sizes. Otherwise, although you might be able to upload your PDF, it will fail the post-upload preflight check.

Exact book size specifications for PDF to Book

The book dimensions listed on our pricing page are rounded numbers (who wants to call a book the 6.875 x 6.625 inch size?). Therefore, when creating your PDF please upload directly from our Adobe® InDesign® Plug-in. If you are using a different creation tool, use our book size specification calculator to determine exact page and cover sizes. Otherwise, although you might be able to upload your PDF, it will fail the post-upload preflight check.

Exact book size specifications for PDF to Book

The book dimensions listed on our pricing page are rounded numbers (who wants to call a book the 6.875 x 6.625 inch size?). Therefore, when creating your PDF please upload directly from our Adobe® InDesign® Plug-in. If you are using a different creation tool, use our book size specification calculator to determine exact page and cover sizes. Otherwise, although you might be able to upload your PDF, it will fail the post-upload preflight check.

Exact book size specifications for PDF to Book

The book dimensions listed on our pricing page are rounded numbers (who wants to call a book the 6.875 x 6.625 inch size?). Therefore, when creating your PDF please upload directly from our Adobe® InDesign® Plug-in. If you are using a different creation tool, use our book size specification calculator to determine exact page and cover sizes. Otherwise, although you might be able to upload your PDF, it will fail the post-upload preflight check.